Curtain-pole fixture.



No. 687,||0.- Patented Nov. I9, |90I.

C. R. BELL. CURTAIN POLE FIXTURE.

(Application filed Mar. 12, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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NTTED STATES PATENT Genion.'

CHARLES R. BELL, OF ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CURTAIN-POLE FIXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 687,110, dated November19, 1901.

Application tiled March 12, 1901. Serial No. 50,775. (No model.) l

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES R. BELL, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Altoona, in the county of Blair and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCurtain- Pole Fixtures, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements incurtain-fixtures, and has for its object to provide novel and effectivemeans for supporting the curtain without the aid of rings and pins andto provide means whereby the curtain may be adjusted toward or away fromthe window-frame, as well as to provide means whereby the curtain may beeasily removed or placed in position without removing the support fromthe window-frame. y

Briey described, theinvention comprises a pair of brackets or armsextending outwardly at right angles from the windowframe, these bracketsor arms being tubular to receive rods which carry the securing-bars forthe curtain. These bars are pivoted 'at each end, whereby they may beswung around to either side of the window, if desired, and one of thebars is slidable, whereby it may be detached at one end and swung aroundat its other'end to permit the placing of the curtain into position,where it is retained by the slidable bar.` Other details enter into thecombination, and these, as well as the construction mentioned, will behereinafter more specifically described and then particularly pointedout in the claims, and in describing the invention in detail referenceis had tothe 'accompanying drawings, forming a part of Fig. 3 is atopplan View, partly broken away,

showing in full lines the normal position of the securing-bars andknobs, and in dotted lines how the securing-bars and knobs are swungaround to one side. Fig. 4 is a front view of the fixture, partly invertical section, with the knobs removed. Fig. 5 is an end view, partlybroken away and partly in vertical section, showing the curtain securedin position. Fig. d is a detail perspective view of one end of theslidablesecuring-bar.

To put my invention into practice, 4I provide two bracket-arms l, whichare tubular in form and have plates 2 on their inner ends by means ofwhich they may be secured to the window-frame 3 byscrews or like means.Extended into these bracket-arms and secured in position by set-screws 4are rods 5, which at their'outer ends have yokes 6 secured. thereto,which yokes are provided on their inner faces at theirends with lbosses7, which act as washers to space the securingbars apart, as will behereinafter described.

For supporting the curtain I employ three securing-bars placed one abovethe other, the two outside bars 8 being movable only in unison, whilethe intermediate or center bar 9 is slidable, so as to be disengagedfrom its fastening at one end to permit the same to be swung outwardlyindependently of the other two bars. Passing through the ends of thethree securing-bars and through the ends of the yokes 6 are shafts l0,with nuts 1l on each end, which bind the bars together. Placed upon theyshafts l0 between the nuts ll and the outside bars 8, s0 as to span thethree bars, are keepers 12, which carry ornamental knobs 14.

The securing-bar 9 at its one end, or rather near one end, isprovidedwith an oblong slot 15 to receive the shaft lO, and at its otherend this bar 9 is provided with a notch 16 and carries a substantiallyL-shaped catch 17, which is adapted to engage with the opposite shaft l0and hold the bar 9 in position, the slot 15.permitting the bar 9 to beslid or moved longitudinally when the catch is disengaged, and thusallow the bar 9 to be swung around independently of the other two bars.

In Fig. 5 the curtain 19 is shown secured in position, the same beingpassed over the lower bar 8 back of the center or intermedi- IOO bar 9,and in front of the lower bar 8.

Awith the shaft 10 and the bar 9 then moved longitudinally to the limitpermitted by the slot 15. The keepers 12 being mounted to swing upon theshafts 10, these keepers, ton gether with the knobs, are turned backinto line with the securing-bars, and when t-he end of the bar 9,carrying the catch, has been thus disengaged and this bar movedlongitudinally it will be observed that the bar may be swung outwardlyupon its slotted end. The curtain is then passed around the upper bar Sand the bar 9 swung back into place, where it engages the curtain anddepresses same, as shown in Fig. 5. The bar 9 is again movedlongitudinally, so as to bring its catch into position, where by pullingoutwardly on this end of the bar 9 the catch may be sprung intoengagement with the shaft 10 and the curtain is securely held inposition. It desired to swing the xture to one side of the window, thesetscrew 4 of one bracket-arm is loosened, when the rod 5 may be pulledout of the bracket-arm, and the fixture, with the exception of the onebracket-arm, swung around to one side of the window, as will be readilyapparent.

It will be observed that the knobs being carried by the keepers 12 maybe extended outwardly at right angles to the securingbars for thecurtain or may be swung around into alinement with the bars, as may bede sired. It will also be observed that in the practice of the inventionvarious slight changes may be made in the details of constructionwithout departing from the general spirit of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what A I claim as new, and'desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a Window-curtain fixture, a pair of tubular bracket-arms securedto the windowframe, rods adjustably mounted in said arms, yokes carriedby said rods, shafts passing through the ends of said yokes,securing-bars' 2. In a curtain-iixture, a pair of tubular bracket-arms,rods adjustably secured in said bracket-arms, yokes carried on the outerends of said rods, curtainsecuring bars arranged one above the other,shafts passing through said bars near their ends and through the ends ofsaid yokes for retaining the bars in position, one of said bars beingslidable independently of the other bars, said slidable bar beingpivotally mounted at its one end to one of said shafts, and a catchcarried by the slidable bar at its opposite end for securing the same inposition, substantially as described.

3. In a curtain-xture, a series of curtainsecuring bars arranged oneabove the other, adjustable supports connected to the windowframe, meansfor pivotally connecting each of the bars at their one end to one ofsaid supports, means for pivotally connecting each of the bars at theirother ends to the other adjustable support, and means whereby one of thebars may be detached atone end and swung outwardly independently of theother bars, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

CHARLES R. BELL. Witnesses:

.I oHN NoLAND, A. M. WILSON.

